The Little Q Rugby Field
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| Former names | San Diego Stadium (1967–1980) Jack Murphy Stadium (1981–1997) Snapdragon Stadium (December 2011) |
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| Address | 9449 Friars Road |
| Location | San Diego, California |
| Coordinates | 32°46′59″N 117°7′10″W / 32.78306°N 117.11944°WCoordinates: 32°46′59″N 117°7′10″W / 32.78306°N 117.11944°W |
| Public transit | San Diego Trolley: Qualcomm Stadium Station |
| Owner | City of San Diego |
| Operator | City of San Diego |
| Capacity | 70,561 (Football, Chargers) 67,544 (Baseball) 54,000 (Football, Aztecs) |
| Field size |
Left field 330 (1969), 327 (1982) Left-center & Right-center 375 (1969), 370 (1982) Center field 420 (1969), 410 (1973), 420 (1978), 405 (1982) Right field 330 (1969), 327 (1982), 330 (1996) Backstop 80 feet (1969), 75 (1982) |
| Surface | Bandera Bermuda Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | December 18, 1965 |
| Opened | August 20, 1967 |
| Construction cost | US$27.75 million ($199 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Frank L. Hope and Associates |
| General contractor | Robertson/Larsen/Donovan |
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San Diego State Aztecs (NCAA) (1967–present) San Diego Chargers (NFL) (1967–2017) San Diego Padres (PCL) (1968) San Diego Padres (MLB) (1969–2003) San Diego Jaws (NASL) (1976) Holiday Bowl (NCAA) (1978–present) San Diego Sockers (NASL) (1978–1984) Poinsettia Bowl (NCAA) (2005–2016) |
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Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California, United States. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was later known for many years as Jack Murphy Stadium. Since 1997, the stadium's naming rights have been owned by Qualcomm, a San Diego-based telecommunications equipment company. The naming rights expired on June 14, 2017, but there are no such plans to rename the stadium.
It is the home of the San Diego State Aztecs football team from San Diego State University. One college football bowl game, the Holiday Bowl, is held in the stadium every December. The stadium was the longtime home of two professional franchises, the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) and the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Chargers played at the stadium from 1967 through the 2016 season, after which they moved to Los Angeles, while the Padres played home games at the stadium from their founding in 1969 through the 2003 season, when they moved to Petco Park in downtown San Diego. The stadium was also home to a second college bowl game, the Poinsettia Bowl, from 2005 until its discontinuation following the 2016 edition.
The stadium has hosted three Super Bowl games: Super Bowl XXII in 1988, Super Bowl XXXII in 1998, and Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003. It has also hosted the 1978 and 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Games, as well as games of the 1996 and 1998 National League Division Series, the 1984 and 1998 National League Championship Series, and the 1984 and 1998 World Series. It is the only stadium ever to host both the Super Bowl and the World Series in the same year (1998) and is one of three stadiums to host the World Series, MLB All-Star Game, and Super Bowl, along with the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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